Microbiology Group Leader

Eurofins USA BioPharma Services•Portage, MI

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company providing analytical testing services across multiple industries to ensure products are safe, healthy, and sustainable. The Eurofins network is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic product testing, as well as agroscience Contract Research Organization services. With a decentralized network of 900 laboratories in over 54 countries and 58,000 staff, Eurofins offers over 200,000 analytical methods. This role involves applying GMP/GLP, promoting company vision, ensuring quality policy implementation, performing routine and non-routine work, developing operational improvements, supervising staff, coaching and training, coordinating workflow, conducting performance reviews, interviewing applicants, maintaining training records, succession planning, addressing performance issues, fostering motivation, monitoring time entry, supporting company policies, and developing leadership skills. The position also requires performing other duties as assigned, ensuring compliance with employment regulations, and conducting all activities safely and efficiently.

Requirements

Must have experience with at least 2 of the following USP testing areas: USP <61>, <62>, and <60> for microbial limits testing
USP <51>, antimicrobial effectiveness testing
USP <71>, sterility testing
USP <85>, bacterial endotoxin testing
Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, biochemistry or related degree concentration.
Extensive knowledge of aseptic techniques, microbial limits testing (MLT), endotoxin, sterility, environmental monitoring (EM), and microbial identification.
Strong understanding of applicable regulations, including USP, ICH, and Ph. Eur., related to microbial testing
Experience in conducting laboratory investigations and supporting audit responses.

Responsibilities

Applies GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate
Demonstrates and promotes the company vision
Regular attendance and punctuality
Ensure that the quality policy program is understood, implemented, and maintained at all levels of the organization; identify, prevent, or correct any departures from the quality system
Perform work for both routine and non-routine work as specified by separate and applicable technical job description for individual
Develop and implement operational improvements
Supervise others in performing client’s service requirements
Coach, train, and develop others within the group with respect to their personal development and effective implementation of operational improvements
Coordinate workflow and perform daily monitoring
Conduct semiannual performance reviews, interview applicants, keep training records up to date for assigned employees, perform succession planning in preparation for growth
Confront and address problems, concerns, and performance issues
Coach and develop individual and team to maximize performance
Foster motivation and morale
Monitor and approve employees’ time worked through time-entry system
Support and promote company policies and procedures
Expand self-awareness and develop leadership skills as defined; attend applicable leadership training based on identified needs
Perform and/or assign other duties as requested to ensure smooth operation of department
Perform all functions in support of and in compliance with all state and federal employment regulations
Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner
Performs other duties as assigned
Empower: Record of mentoring any technical level staff. Advise and consult for group leader peers
Customer Obsession: Independently act as technical lead in calls/audits for complex projects and start to act as lead for escalated issues
Numeracy: Participate in pricing catalog evaluation. Assist in the scope evaluation of complex program quotes. Build basic understanding of financial acumen
Technical Knowledge/Decision Making: Deep understanding of instrumental and/or analytical theory for all technical disciplines they oversee and provides support beyond own team
Ability to independently drive complex investigations
Comprehensive understanding of investigation impact on the business within department
Initiate Change/Execution: Highlight and provide justification for laboratory needs for current operation and future state through assessment of new techniques, technologies, instrumentation, space, KPI headcount, while monitoring and controlling cost
Propose and drive new LEAN initiatives across department and division